The Arizona champion., 1887-06-25
D. NJ. Riordan left Thursday

1 It is stated that Patrick Ford will resign as public administrator of thi: county.
 A genuine sea foam shampoo al the San Juan barber shop thorougly !, cleans the scalp.
 An ice cream festival was given at the new church last evening and was quite largely attended.
 The Woman's Relief Corps will meet next Thursday evening at : o'clock, By order of the President.
 The school election is taking place to-day. Every taxpayer should vote and secure good men for school trustees.
 Impurities of the blood often cause great annoyance at this season. Hoods Sarsaparilla purifes the blood and cures all such affections. r A team belonging to D. F. Hart ran away on Monday last breaking the wagon and running against bridge No. 2, of the Mineral Belt railroad. One of the horses, fine animal, was killed.
 For nice clean service and good meals at 25 cents, go to Col. J. M. WigginS, on the south side, who has also a fine stock of native wines and imported liquors.
 The Sixth Annual Fair of New Mexico wlli take place at Albuquer- que, on September 20, aI, a2, and B, next. And preparations are be- ing made to make 1t still more attrac. tive than the exhibition O! lasr year.
 Mrs. Crookshank, who has opened dreSsmaking parlors ln the Prime res idence, on San Francisco avenue, is now prepared to receive orders from the ladies of Flagstaff and vicinity. Perfect fitting guaranteed and all work warranted,
 o. A. Ensign, one of the large mill owners, of the Tip Top country IS here on visit. Johnny as he is tamilliarly called and known by his numerous friends, is looking around and rumor says that he may invest in town property.
 w. B. Rother, arrested for firing a pistol, on Railway avenue, on Wednesday evening, was brought before Justice of the Peace Geo. H. Tinker. He demanded a jury and was found guilty, The court fined him SIoo and costs, or Ia5 days in | jail.
 k Chief Engineer A: G. Pendleton of the Mineral Belt railroad was in town this week and paid this office visit. He says there are about 25 miles of the line graded but there are only 10 miles of track laid as they are waiting the arrival of rails. MT. Pendleton' s family who have been here visiting him went east on Sundays train.
 G. w. Gorton, manager of the Waters Cattle Company, with head quarters near Wlnslow has been, with his family, on a visit to Flagstaff. Mir. Gorton, who IS a pleasant gen. tleman and a thorough business man, is getting the company's range, which extends forty miles south from the railroad in Apache county, in splen did order.
 i Considerable consternation was caused this week by the arrest of three well known citizens on indictments found by the recent grand jury charg- ing them with murder; they were George Prime, J. Y. Brothers and William West. It is understood that the charges are that they were i'm plicated with the armed mob, who went to the jail in February last, and killed the two Hawks boys, who had been arrested on charge of causing the death of John N. Berry.
 A meeting was held at the church last Sunday evening to consider the advisability of having Flagstaff moor porated and a second meeting was held for the same purpose, at the G. A. K. hall, on Wednesday, Harry Fulton presiding. The general feel. ing seemed to be in favor of incor, poration. The meeting adjourned al the call of the chairman to await the issue of the codified laws of the Ter. ritory which will shortly be published and may modify the statutes regard. ing the matter.
 An unfortunate accident happened to Lee Middleton, younger brother of Frank Middleton, this week. He was out on the Mineral Belt, with an other brother, hunting. They wound ed deer and Tn running toward it, the lock of the gun carried by the younger boy, came In contact with something, the ball passing through one of Lees wrists, shattering the ulna, then grazing the stomach pass, ed through the feshy part of the oth- CT arm. The boy will recover, but one of his hands will probably be in Ijured for life.
 The inquest on the body of Jose Garcia, the particulars of whose kill. 1 ing was given in last weeks CHAMPION was concluded on Monday, the jury returning verdict charging Nanato Martin with the murder. The young man Cerbantos who witnessed the crime seems to have been scared out of his wits and instead of inform. ing the officers, he ran away from the